Note 43 — Chapter V · THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS.
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Albert of Aix speaks of the Crusaders first coming upon the sugar-cane: “The people sucked sweet reeds which were found in abundance in the meadows, called zucra.... This reed is grown with the greatest care every year; at the time of harvest the natives crush it in mortars, and collect the juice in vessels, when they leave it till it hardens, and becomes white like snow or salt.”